Griggs courier., 1887-05-06

Wing youth, has bean sent to the rsforn
school. s sSSs
Thirteen marriage licenses were issued III
Warrington county during April.
At Hastings on tho morning Of April 50,
several persons were stunned by lightning
but none seriously injured. -yyiA
+ The body Of Mrs. Miller, widow aged e.
years, was found in Lake Winona, at
Winona Tuesday evening. Her husbSnd
died last fail. sssss .s
At Fergus Falls, Saturday, the five-ysaI
old boy Of Mrs. Stena Rudh, while playing
on the bridge, was frightened by q pasatn9S
runaway horse and fell into the river and
was drowned.
+ The trial Of Frank ]. Mead at st. Paul
for murder was concluded on Wednesday
and resulted in verdict Of acquittal by tho
jury. The theory accepted by the jury was
that in shooting Farnsworth Mead acted oI1J
the defensive.
Day spaulding, q Le Sueur cattle dealer,
is shipping large number Of cattle to par
ties In Nebraska. He has shipped eighteen
car loads since March I. Ozborne e Keen
are also doing heavy business in the cat Il
tie trade. The majority Of their cattle 20
to Iowa. sl
A public meeting at Crookston, Judge
Ives presiding, has decided to establish ~
cheese factory. A subscription was circp-
lated and 5000 subscribed and 500 cows
pledged by the farmers to start with. Az
can be selected by committee appointed
tor that purpose. 4
April so, large barn on the farm Of +
Tom Stern, Maine Prairie, Stearns county,
was struck by lightning and burned. The
barn contained quantity Of hay, grain,
machinery, etc., and forty head of stock in \
the basement. All the stock was saved
One hog was somewhat burned, but not
seriously. Insurance, $500.
The 6sth anniversary of Odd Fellowship
was largely celebrated throughout the
ssSa4sy Ap bs % sas ct as Ssd il the
quite notable, and the procession of the or
der was large and fine, many participating
from Minneapolis Saltwater and other
places. Hon. Alfred Orendorf. Grand
Representative Of Springfield, H., was th9S11
orator Of the day.
About six o'clock Sunday evening q fierce
storm burst upon st. Paul, Minneapolis,
Duluth and other places The wind was q
gale, the rain a flood and the hail like the
charges of an artillery. In st. Paul much
damage was done by wind and hail, some
buildings being injured and glass broken to
an unprecedented extent. At Minneapolis
window glass suffered to some extent. At
Duluth considerable damage was done by
stores being flooded and glass broken by the
hail, some Of the stones exceeding in size
small peach. 4
The probability Of President Cleveland
issuing retaliatory proclamation on the
Duluth and the entire Northwest, and 10
stirring people to action, as the proclama-
tion may be such that their interest will be
greatly injured. The Duluth Board Of
Trade, Friday memorialized President
freedom Of trade and transportation be-
tween the Northwest and Canada be not re-
str1cted and the interests of the country be
maintaiued by other means. st. Paul and
minneapolis commercial bodies will proba u
bly, follow with like memorials.
Fire broke out in the engine room Of the
Hersey & Beansaw mill at Saltwater, Sat-
urday evening, and the destruction which
could not be averted was practically com
Pleted inside Of two hours, and comprised
the 81 total ct Of the little saw mill, the planning
the railroad trestle works in the yards, tie
drying shed and contents, besides many
piles OF lumber on the outskirts. The loss
may be tabulated as follows: Planning mill,
lumber sheds and contents, Sl6,O6o; saw
mill. $1S, 600; railroad platform and trestle i
work, $4,000. The ample appliances fors
lighting fire and the energy Of the fremen
saved many hundred thousand dollars Of
property from destruction. - 4.
On the 2Sth, the Northern Pacific r. R.,
from its st. Paul Office, issued a commodity
tariff, viz Mixed car loads Of grain, pota-
toes and feed, same rates as grain. Hay,
car loads, Class e: Sash, blinds and building
mixed car loads Of cement, lime or stucco' !,
Class D. Wood and wire fencing, Glass B.
Empty oil barrels from points east Of the
NJ Missouri 1l.9 river to st; Paul, Minneapolis OF
than car loads 80 cents each. With the ex-
ceptlon OF the last-named the reduced rates
aPp!y to shipments to points as far west as